Meanings
united1
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unite
- not comparableJoined into a single entity.
Near-synonyms: combined, integrated
2 more examples
Learn this, Thomas, And thou shalt prove a shelter to thy friends, A hoop of gold to bind thy brothers in, That the united vessel of their blood, Mingled with venom of suggestion— As, force perforce, the age will pour it in— Shall never leak [...]
1795, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth, Act IV, scene IV, lines 41-48The action ended in the capture of the Ca Ira and Censeur, the latter a 74-gun ship, and both crowded with troops. Their united loss was between 300 and 400 men. On board the British squadron 73 were killed and 275 wounded; the Neapolitans had only 1 slain and 9 wounded.
1823, John Marshall, “Gould, Davidge”, in Royal Naval Biography, volume Volume I, Part I, Vice-Admirals of the Red, page 340Synonyms: combined, integrated · Antonyms: disunited, nonunited, ununited
- not comparableInvolving the joint activity of multiple agents.
A united effort is needed to solve the problem.
3 more examples
The two parties stood united against the proposal.
[...] then, I believe, help would be sent from the sanctuary, and we should be strengthened out of Zion to break down the partition walls between us, and no more would be heard of those harsh sentences one against another, founded on far-fetched arguments, and on speculative ideas respecting certain passages contained in those Scriptures of truth, which are now so far united as to join in sending far and near. Again, I say, I rejoice at this union; but I am sorry to find that we should have any thing like war remaining among us, while we are united in publishing what we wish to produce “peace on earth, and good-will towards men.”
1821, Joseph Jewell, An address to Christians, particularly those who are united in ciruclating the Scriptures, page 6[...] defining the group of self-governing communities composed of Great Britain and the Dominions as “autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external afiairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations” [...]
1934, State of the Union Act, Parliament of South Africa
United2
- UKany of many football teams formed by the amalgamation of smaller ones
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecharacterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
adjectiveinvolving the joint activity of two or more
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Italic*oinos
- Old Latinoinos
- Latinūnus
- Latinūniō
- Latinūnītu
- Middle Englishuniten
- Englishunite
- Englishunited
Translations
Arabic مُتَّحِد
- مُتَّحِد (muttaḥid)joined into a single entity
Bengali যুক্ত
- যুক্ত (jukto)joined into a single entity
Bulgarian обединен, съединен
- обединен (obedinen)joined into a single entity
- съединен (săedinen)joined into a single entity
- съвместен (săvmesten)joined into a single entity
- съвместен (săvmesten)involving the joint activity of multiple agents
Chinese Mandarin 聯合的 /联合的
- 聯合的 /联合的 (liánhé de)joined into a single entity
Czech spojený, spojený
- spojenýjoined into a single entity
- spojenýinvolving the joint activity of multiple agents
Danish forenede
- forenedejoined into a single entity
Dutch verenigd
- verenigdjoined into a single entity
Esperanto unuiĝinta
- unuiĝintajoined into a single entity
Finnish yhdistynyt, yhdistyneet
- yhdistynytjoined into a single entity
- yhdistyneetjoined into a single entity
- yhteineninvolving the joint activity of multiple agents
French uni, unifié
- unijoined into a single entity
- unifiéjoined into a single entity
German vereinigt, vereint
- vereinigtjoined into a single entity
- vereintjoined into a single entity
- einigjoined into a single entity
- vereintinvolving the joint activity of multiple agents
Greek ενωμένος, ηνωμένος
- ενωμένος (enoménos)joined into a single entity
- ηνωμένος (inoménos)joined into a single entity
Hebrew מְאוּחָד
- מְאוּחָד (m'ukhád)joined into a single entity
Hindi संहत
- संहत (sãhat)joined into a single entity
Hungarian egyesült
- egyesültjoined into a single entity
Italian unito, unito
- unitojoined into a single entity
- unitoinvolving the joint activity of multiple agents
Japanese 連合した, 連合した
- 連合した (rengō shita)joined into a single entity
- 連合した (rengō shita)involving the joint activity of multiple agents
Latin ūnītus
- ūnītusjoined into a single entity
Lithuanian jungtinis
- jungtinisjoined into a single entity
Norwegian Bokmål forent, forenet
- forentjoined into a single entity
- forenetjoined into a single entity
Persian متحد
- متحد (mottahed)joined into a single entity
Polish zjednoczony
- zjednoczonyjoined into a single entity
Portuguese unido
- unidojoined into a single entity
Romanian unit
- unitjoined into a single entity
Russian объединённый, соединённый
- объединённый (obʺjedinjónnyj)joined into a single entity
- соединённый (sojedinjónnyj)joined into a single entity
- о́бщий (óbščij)involving the joint activity of multiple agents
- совме́стный (sovméstnyj)involving the joint activity of multiple agents
Scottish Gaelic aonaichte, aonaichte
- aonaichtejoined into a single entity
- aonaichteinvolving the joint activity of multiple agents
Spanish unido
- unidojoined into a single entity
Swedish förenad
- förenadjoined into a single entity
Yiddish פֿאַראייניקט
- פֿאַראייניקט (fareynikt)joined into a single entity
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
united. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/united
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